diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 43e32623f7634dce589b143e42fbbbd4e83155ab..6859081b0e5f70f73a7c317b5f9f8dbe491c1b69 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2016-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 55.22.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_YUV(420,422,444)P12.
+
 2016-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 59.27.0 - avcodec.h
   Add FF_PROFILE_HEVC_REXT, the extended pixel format profile for HEVC.
 
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index f63dfa5d3f7cc1f2765101d01af794b4e2127e95..f05e72ce1379fd16084e557e5e35641b294d81ab 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 21
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 22
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \